And many patients who wind up with the label of bipolar disorder are initially misdiagnosed with unipolar depression. Misdiagnosed patients like Ola often look back on years of worsening symptoms and ...

The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder ... of mental illness The DSM can also influence diagnostic trends by changing the criteria for specific disorders. The most recent release was the fifth ...

The most recent version of the DSM, the DSM-5-TR, was published in 2022. The DSM-4 had several key differences, which were changed in the DSM-5. The DSM-4 included “Pervasive Developmental Disorders,” ...

Human lives and behaviour are far more nuanced and emotive than any psychiatric diagnostic system or symptom checklist can ever portray. Most people recognise aspects of themselves in at least a few ...

Inclusion Criteria: The PICOS framework ... diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) according to the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV or DSM-5).

Meets criteria for ASD based on DSM-5 criteria (clinician reported), and confirmed via Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule ... report and adult self-report); Aberrant Behaviour Checklist–Second ...

as defined in the DSM-IV-TR is used where there is evidence that the child has difficulties that are clearly related to the autism spectrum, but the full criteria for autistic disorder are not met.

Yet, clinicians treating persons with autism continue to prescribe older ... This article presents a model using basic medical and DSM IV-based comorbidity groups of seizure-related behavioral ...

There are three levels of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which are described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). Each autistic person is diagnosed as ...